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Montgomery Clift‌

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Birthday

calendar1920-10-17

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Montgomery Clift

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Montgomery Clift

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1920-10-17

Popularity

star8.1

Biography

Edward Montgomery “Monty” Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor of the Golden Age, known for often playing sensitive or conflicted outcast characters with realistic emotional depth and anxieties. Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean are the trio typically associated with the new wave of film acting, with Clift being the oldest and first to make his stage and screen debuts. Starting at age 14, he was a breakout talent on Broadway throughout 1935-1945. He finally accepted one of many Hollywood offers: starring in the Western “Red River” which was filmed in 1946 but delayed release for 2 years. Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” preceded “Red River” as his first film in 1948 and first Academy Award nomination. Clift’s next major films were “The Heiress” (1949) and “A Place in the Sun” (1951), cementing his romantic lead status. At the time, audiences had rarely seen a type of masculinity softened with Clift’s vulnerability. Hollywood had also never seen a young actor control his career and instant stardom the way Clift did in the late 1940’s: notoriously selective, refusing the standard seven-year studio contracts and rewriting scripts to preserve his artistic freedom. In 1953, Zinnemann again directed Clift to an Academy Award nomination in war drama “From Here to Eternity.” After suffering a near-fatal car accident during “Raintree County” (1957) he starred in acclaimed 1960’s films "Wild River,” "The Misfits” and “Judgment at Nuremberg” for which he earned a fourth and final Academy Award nomination for his 12-minute scene. Despite a 4-year hiatus and mounting health problems, Clift was eager to make a comeback in "Reflections in a Golden Eye,” secured by the insurance and insistence of co-star Elizabeth Taylor, but he tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 45 just weeks before shooting began.

Movie Credits

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg‌
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calendar 1961

Red River

Red River‌
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calendar 1948

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories‌
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calendar 2000

The Defector

The Defector‌
star5.5
calendar 1966

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

I Confess

I Confess‌
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calendar 1953

The Misfits

The Misfits‌
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calendar 1961

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity‌
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calendar 1953

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun‌
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calendar 1951

The Young Lions

The Young Lions‌
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calendar 1958

The Heiress

The Heiress‌
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calendar 1949

Freud: The Secret Passion

Freud: The Secret Passion‌
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calendar 1962

The Search

The Search‌
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calendar 1948

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer‌
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calendar 1959

The Big Lift

The Big Lift‌
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calendar 1950

Raintree County

Raintree County‌
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calendar 1957

Wild River

Wild River‌
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calendar 1960

Indiscretion of an American Wife

Indiscretion of an American Wife‌
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calendar 1953

Lonelyhearts

Lonelyhearts‌
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calendar 1959

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star‌
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calendar 1987

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks‌
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calendar 1973

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift‌
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calendar 1983

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess‌
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calendar 2004

Rat Pack

Rat Pack‌
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calendar 2022

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Edith Head: The Paramount Years‌
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calendar 2002

Starring Sigmund Freud

Starring Sigmund Freud‌
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calendar 2012

Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon‌
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calendar 2015

Operation Raintree

Operation Raintree‌
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calendar 1957

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage‌
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calendar 1994

Making Montgomery Clift

Making Montgomery Clift‌
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calendar 2018

Making 'The Misfits'

Making 'The Misfits'‌
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calendar 2002

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey‌
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calendar 1985

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender‌
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calendar 1997

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire‌
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calendar 2014

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun‌
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calendar 2001

Tv Credits

The David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show‌
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calendar 1959

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
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calendar 1948

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
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calendar 1950